Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 07:42:31 -0700 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net> To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *** Real Action Item: SPECweb96 Message-ID: <353F5356.7C915D6F@ibm.net> References: <353ECD71.71FEC34F@ibm.net> <19980422225111.03898@mooseriver.com>
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Great! Thanks, Josef! First, three plan modifications: 1) I want to have it in BERKELEY, so we can do some historical tie-in's when we do our PR and news coverage. We're not talking a major upheaval here and it's not much to ask in return for the major boost in PR possibilities. 2) I am soliciting suggestions for Corporate Sponsor contact points. Anybody have friendly high-level contacts at Intel who'd be sympathetic? We need hardware more than anything, but there will be cash needs for press release mailings, flyers, stickers, promo disks (such as we have been discussing here) and stuff like renting PA gear. I will make the contacts, but effective entry points would be appreciated. 3) We need a catchy name. Something like SuperPowerFreeSoftwareFest! You tell me! Finally, to set the record straight here. This is not an official Walnut Creek project, nor is it something that Core is going to organize _for_ us. I hope they will officially give it their blessing, as Jordan did privately. I am soliciting suggestions and support, but the final call for everything involved in this event is mine as coordinator and chief bigmouth. If nobody objects, we'll proceed on that basis. [ Of course, if you do object, we'll proceed anyway! ] What it is going to be is a major exposure opportunity, so I'd like you all to consider getting down and dirty with FreeBSD and its tools and start fulfilling these wishes we've been talking about here. I'd really like to have these canned demo disks to hand out to the press and spectators, etc., so they could pop them in their W95 CD drives and see their machine transformed into a real personal workstation. FreeBSD stickers, pamphlets, etc., all that needs design and layout work. Squeezing enough money for printing and CD pressing is not a lot for a few corporate sponsors to consider in return for a name mention and national good-guy recognition in the press. We have to have master copy ready to go at the latest by the end of _May_ if we're going to have everything ready to hand out. Everybody's contribution _is_ going to matter in this. You who are in Italy and Australia and the Ukraine, concentrate on things you can contribute to FreeBSD itself and handout copy ideas, text and graphics we can incorporate. Keep your fingers busy! Amancio, if you're listening, would you work on a multicamera fxtv+sound feed we can wire into the Web? I know all the tools are there, I'd just like you and Luigi to detail the setups we need to give us maximum pizzazz / bandwidth, both for straight html and streaming-media browsers. Sue Blake, how about a Newbie Get-Acquainted booklet? Josef, the first thing I'm going to need from you is a site where we can have it. I need a big, publicly-accessible auditorium (a gymnasium, not with seats) with a solid high-bandwidth web connection and good power. On the Berkeley campus would be best, but see what you can dig up. We'll need to lock that up early so we have a focus point we can print and tell the press. Thanks to all for your support and enthusiasm! All aboard for the Stars, step lively, please! --> Don To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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